Driving plan producing device and method and navigation apparatus

A drive plan producing device (20) includes a contents database (100) for storing associated data including geographical point names for a plurality of contents, a base contents determining unit (22) for determining base contents used in a drive plan producing process based on an input by a user, a candidate place determining unit (22) for referring to the contents database to determine the geographical point name associated with the base contents as a candidate place of driving, and a presenting unit (22, 40, 50) for presenting the determined candidate place to the user. Based on the input by the user, certain contents are determined as base contents. The base contents are used as a base for the production of the drive plan. By referring to the contents database (100), the geographical point name associated with the base contents is obtained, and it is determined as the candidate place and presented to the user. The user can select a drive plan by selecting one of the candidate places.